Highly adaptable, Asian small-clawed otters can thrive in a variety of freshwater aquatic habitats, from swamps and mangrove ...

Are seals mammals? We've done the research! Jump in to read about the characteristics of seals that make them mammals!

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

A benthic aquatic macroinvertebrate is a small creature that does not have a backbone and lives at the bottom of a body of ...

Naturalist Stan Tekiela explores the enduring charm, biology, and resilience of sea otters during a recent photo tour in ...

Reptiles have existed for millions of years, demonstrating remarkable resilience and adaptations. The seven largest reptiles ...

Otters may also eat frogs, turtles, snails, mussels, crayfish, snakes and snake eggs, worms, insects, aquatic plants and ...

Filter-feeding fish ingest a deadly algal neurotoxin called domoic acid and are then eaten by sea lions, seals and dolphins.

Domoic acid poisoning is stranding marine mammals as warnings are issued to beachgoers of the threat posed by animals that ...

The 2023 stranding event lasted eight and a half weeks. Because the Marine Mammal Care Center is a small nonprofit that relies on private philanthropy, Warner has been reaching out to cities and ...

Marine mammals can hold their breath for extended periods underwater; the question is, how do they know when it’s time to resurface? Scientists have discovered a possible super sense that ...